She put the wrap on and wandered over to the bed. “You’ve got to be quick, darlin’,” she said. “I can’t keep you here all night.”
Raven shook his head. “I shan’t stay all night,” he said. “Who’s underneath?”pointing to the floor.
“No one. All offices,” she said. “I keep telling you no one’ll disturb you.” Then a thought crossed her mind.
“Say, the bulls aren’t looking for you, are they?”
A thin smile came to Raven’s lips. “Not yet, they ain’t,” he returned.
There was a long silence. His cold, wolfish face, his hooded eyes, made her very uneasy. She’d kicked around with plenty of toughs and hoods in her time, but this guy was different. She felt suddenly scared of him, and horribly alone. He just sat there, gripping the arms of the chair, watching her indifferently.
She felt a little sick. “Hell!” she thought. “What a dumb thing to have told him I’m alone!”
He said, “You belong to Mendetta’s bunch, don’t you?”
Her eyes opened very wide. She didn’t expect anything like that. “Mendetta? I’ve never heard of him,” she said hastily.
“No?” Raven crossed his leg. “You surprise me. Mendetta runs all this territory, including the whores.”